Matt Ivester

This is a good book for any student OR anyone who has a job or plans to ever have a job, as well as anyone who uses the internet really.
It is amazing how the harmless, jokey little things you do online can come back and bite you in the ass, apparently.

Have Facebook pics of yourself drinking beer? "Liked" a page that's about sex, cursing, violence, ethnicity, politics or language policy? All of that can impact your potential to get employment or into some schools. Put your real name in when you registered your email? Your email that use all over the place, probably on blogs and forums where you talk about god knows what that you wouldn't want an employee to see?

It may not seem fair, it may be that don't want to work for such assholes who would judge over such a little thing, but when it comes time to pay the rent and you must have a job, you don't need anything holding you back. This book will help you to see the different potential dangers in sharing seemingly innocent information online.

People in law enforcement are being fired for supporting the legalization of marijuana--not for actually doing anything with marijuana, just signing petitions or being involved in political groups to legalize it-- fully legal, adult teachers getting fired because they posted photos of themselves with alcohol on Facebook, etc etc.

The reason for the book existing, our online and offline lives are not completely separate and exclusive, and employers can find out more about our personal beliefs and lives than ever before because of the internet. Unless you keep your real name and any photos of yourself completely off the internet (not that easy; even if you're discreet, friends, relatives and people that know you may not be so) it's good to know exactly what dirty tricks employers, landlords, universities, and potential dates are using to dig up dirt on you.

Even if this book isn't personally of any use to you, most of the people around us use Facebook and other online sites in a way that could impact them, and it's good to know what forces are at work in the world today.… (lisätietoja)